Swamimalai is a small town near Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. It lies on the banks of river Cauvery, on the road connecting Kumbakonam and Thiruvaiyaru. The name of the town means 'God's mountain'. It has the only school that teaches the art (craft) of making bronze icons. Like the rest of this part of the Thanjavur district it is mainly a agricultural town producing rice and sugar cane. The town has one of the six (padal petra sthalangal) sacred temples of Lord Karthikeya. The sacred story associated with this temple is that Lord Karthikeya expounds the meaning of pranav (AUM) to Lord Shiva, at this location. Hence, one can see the Lord Karthikeya depicted as Guru (teacher) and Lord Shiva listening as shishya (disciple)in the raja gopuram of the temple complex. The reintiation and reassertion of the knowledge takes place after an intense debate with regards to pranavam (AUM) between Lord Brahma (embodiment of creationary aspect) and Lord Karthikeya, during which Lord Brahma fails to adequately convey the meaning of AUM. Hence, Lord Karthikeya suspends Lord Brahma from his duties, for which Lord Shiva and Goddess Shakthi object and Lord Shiva engages in the searching the meaning of AUM with Lord Karthikeya. Locally, Lord Karthikeya is also known as Swaminatha and "Thagapan Swami" to highlight that Lord Shiva got reinitiated in Pranav (AUM mantra). Kumbeswara temple at Kumbakonam Kumbakonam is a town in the Tamil Nadu state of southern India. ... Thanjavur district is one of the 30 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... The Cauvery (sometimes written as Kaveri) is one of the major rivers of southern India. ... Kumbeswara temple at Kumbakonam Kumbakonam is a town in the Tamil Nadu state of southern India. ... Thiruvaiyaru : Situated on the banks of the river Kaveri, 13kms from Thanjavur, Thiruvaaiyaru has an old Shiva temple dedicated to Panchanatheeswar. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... In Hinduism, Kartikeya (also Murugan, Subrahmanya, Skanda, Kumaran, Swaminanda) is a deity born out of a magical spark created by Shiva. ...
Swamimalai is a small town near Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India.
Swamimalai is a sylvan village, situated about five kilometers west of Kumbakonam on the banks of a tributary of river Cauvery.
Swamimalai is a sylvan village on the banks of a tributary of river Cauvery situated about 5 km west of Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.
Swamimalai is fourth among the six padai veedu or sacred shrines dedicated to Lord Muruga.
As Lord Siva acceded to the request of Lord Muruga and heard the exposition of OM as a disciple, the place came to be known as Swamimalai and the presiding deity as Swaminathan.
All the above temples along with the Swamimalai temple are administered by an Asst.
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